This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 39 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I wandered lonely as a cloud"What literary device is used in this sentence? A) Symbol. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 2. Which of these examples is NOT an example of personification? A) The sun smiled down on us. B) The story jumped off the page. C) The ocean was calling his name. D) Money is the root of all evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Money is the root of all evil. 3. Vignettes need to be long to tell the story. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. "The voice was high and brittle, like dry twigs being broken, surely not one he had ever heard before." is an example of which literary device? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 5. Harry hurried home to watch football on TV. A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Allusion. D) Synecdoche. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 6. This type of text structure uses signal words like "first, " "after, " and "finally." A) Problem & solution. B) Compare & contrast. C) Cause & effect. D) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sequence. 7. A literary device designed to illustrate or reveal information, traits values, or motivations of one character through the comparison and contrast of another character. A) Foil. B) Euphemsim. C) I don't know. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foil. 8. Which is the most effective sentence about the author, title and story? A) Jay Rayner's review of "Le Cinq, Paris" describes his horrific experience at an expensive restaurant. B) In Jay Raynor's "Le Cinq, Paris", presents a man who is not impressed with his meal at an expensive restaurant. C) "Le Cinq, Paris", written by Jay Rayner, is about a man who orders posh food and is disappointed with the outcome of the meal. D) "Le Cinq, Paris" presents the "nightmare" experience of a restaurant critic in one of Paris's most expensive establishments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jay Rayner's review of "Le Cinq, Paris" describes his horrific experience at an expensive restaurant. 9. "The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold ..... " is an example of A) Personification. B) Simile. C) Metaphor. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 10. Figurative language involves the use of ..... A) Words that mean exactly what they say they mean. B) Action figures in a text. C) Grammatically expressive language. D) Thinking! The meaning of something that has to be figured out; Not the literal meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thinking! The meaning of something that has to be figured out; Not the literal meaning. 11. Her finger hungered for a ring.The satin mittens were ancient.You could paddle through the spittle in the bottle.Is an example of A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 12. The events story in a story that unfold, revlealing character development and leading to the climax ..... A) Plot. B) Exposition. C) Introduction. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rising Action. 13. What is this?"He was a lonely, withdrawn young man with a blond moustache." A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct characterization. 14. What do we call a concise universal truth that is widely accepted? i.e. "To err is human, to forgive is divine."-Alexander Pope A) Theme. B) Personification. C) Aphorism. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aphorism. 15. The garbage can coughed up a bunch of candy wrappers, " is an example of ..... A) Diction. B) Personification. C) Syntax. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 16. What are the three elements of plot? (a) A) Introduction, Body, Conclusion. B) A Beginning, Middle, End. C) Character, meeting, statistics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Beginning, Middle, End. 17. Describing someone who says foolish things as a "genius" is an example of ..... A) Sarcasm. B) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sarcasm. 18. What is the most important idea in a story? A) Theme. B) Setting. C) Characters. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 19. Identify the literary device:"In the last instant, under the fire avalanche" A) Metaphor. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 20. It is the point at which the conflict of the story begins to reach a turning point and begins to be resolved. A) Characters. B) Characterisation. C) Climax. D) None of above. 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